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When the Supreme Court threw out major elements of the Voting Rights Act three years ago, Maricopa County in Arizona moved quickly to lower the cost of holding elections.

Among its first moves was to reduce the number of polling centers from 200 to 60. With fewer locations, the state allowed voters to choose any polling station in the county. The hope was to make voting more convenient and encourage more people to cast their ballots by mail.

It hasn't turned out that way.

The result: stories of having to wait five hours to vote in the March primary election for president, a call to impeach Arizona's secretary of state, three lawsuits and a Justice Department...

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